Tag: Android

  • ASUS Router – VPN with Android phone

    ASUS Router – VPN with Android phone

    I have a specific use scenario where I need to be on my home network to control a device but may want to control that device when I’m not home. After considering several options, I realized that my newly purchased ASUS router – ASUS AX6000/RT-AX88U – has the ability to create a VPN. Rather than…

  • Android: Wink Hub and Sprint’s Data Optimizer

    I reformatted my Android phone (LG G3 with Android 5.0.1, software version LS990ZVG) the other day to address a problem I was having.  After reformatting, I reinstalled all of my apps and everything seemed to be working fine until I tried to log into the Wink Hub app to adjust the settings for some of…

  • Android: LG G3 internet connectivity issues – Chrome, Feedly, and Sprint’s Data Optimizer

    For about three weeks (end of June 2015 until mid July 2015), when I tried to go to a web page on my phone using Google’s Chrome browser (my default browser), about 2 out of 3 web pages wouldn’t load.  Instead, the bar at the top would freeze about half way and then nothing would…

  • Android: An e-book reader that copies, pastes, and highlights text

    As my regular readers know, Debi and I recently bought new cellphones that run the Android operating system. For about three years before that, we were running an old Windows Mobile OS (I think version 5). On our old phones, I had installed an ebook reader that allowed me to copy and paste text from…